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Bringing Beavers Back to Britain

National Geographic Society & TNC extern Eleanor Salisbury shares her experience studying how reintroducing beavers to the UK can benefit both nature and people.

Eleanor Salisbury

BirdCast: It’s Like a Weather Forecast, But for Birds

BirdCast provides real-time predictions of bird migrations: when birds are migrating, where they’re going, and how far they’re flying.

Justine E. Hausheer

Crested Rats & Hairy Porcupines: Meet 7 of the World’s Coolest Rodents

Rodents don’t always have the best reputation, but they can be beautiful, surprising and just downright bizarre. Here are seven of the world’s coolest rodents.

Matthew L. Miller

Backyard Bioblitz: How to Be A Citizen Scientist in Your Backyard

A bioblitz is a nature scavenger hunt, for science. Here are our tips to DIY a bioblitz from your very own backyard.

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Meet the World’s Largest Freshwater Crayfish

National Geographic Society & TNC extern Zoe Starke shares her experience studying the 13-pound Tasmanian giant crayfish.

Zoe Starke

7 Strange Species from the Ocean’s Depths

Matthew L. Miller, Justine E. Hausheer, and Cara Cannon Byington

Did You Know Sandhill Cranes Dye Their Feathers?

Matthew L. Miller and Chris Helzer

Six Spectacular Places to Experience the Sagebrush Sea

Matthew L. Miller

Meet the Amazing Giant Rats of Oceania

Justine E. Hausheer

What’s That Weird Noise in the Night?

You’re laying in bed, sound asleep, or counting leaping sheep as you drift off into dreams. And then, a scream.

Justine E. Hausheer, Cara Cannon Byington, and Matthew L. Miller

A Field Guide to Commonly Misidentified Snakes

David A. Steen

Beaver? Otter? Muskrat? A Field Guide to Freshwater Mammals

Matthew L. Miller

Weird and Unbelievable Facts About Earwigs

Matthew L. Miller

The Disturbingly Long Tapeworms of Alaskan Bears

Matthew L. Miller

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Get Ready for Migration

Fall migration is almost here! Get outside and go birding.

small black, orange and white bird on the ground

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